Willard Straight male, deceased

Willard Dickerman Straight was an American investment banker and diplomat. An orphan, Straight was born in Oswego, New York. He attended Bordentown...

Toni Morrison female (Princeton, nj, United States)

Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18 1931), is a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her novels are...

Freeman Dyson male

Freeman John Dyson FRS (born December 15, 1923) is an English-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum...

Thomas Pynchon male

Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. (born May 8, 1937) is an American writer based in New York City. He is noted for his dense and complex works of...

Louis Agassiz Fuertes male, deceased

Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874 - 1927) was an American ornithologist and illustrator. Fuertes decided to concentrate on painting birds as a career...

Francis Fukuyama male

Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama (born October 27, 1952, Chicago, Illinois), an American philosopher, political economist and author.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg female

Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born March 15 1933, Brooklyn, New York) is an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to joining the Court,...

Ann Coulter female

Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961) is an American conservative columnist and political commentator, and a best-selling author. She frequently...

Kurt Vonnegut male, deceased

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11 1922 - April 11 2007) (pronounced) was an American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and...

Janet Reno female

Janet Reno (born July 21, 1938) was the first female Attorney General of the United States (1993-2001). She was nominated by President Bill Clinton...